New computer games by voice :-)

Thanks to a comment on my previous entry, I discovered that there are tons of contemporary text adventure games at http://ifdb.tads.org that will work almost perfectly by voice.  Dictating the commands works fine, as does the “scratch that” command in Dragon when it mishears what you say.  Do not use the “correct that” command; it doesn’t transfer properly.  If Dragon has trouble recognizing words, you can either use the dictation box and transfer them or spell them out loud.  I’m currently trying out Dog Saves Baby, a comically gruesome game in which you are a dog trying to save a baby after its parents (your master and mistress) are dismembered by hillbillies after the car breaks down on a wooded road.  The only commands you can use are ones that a dog could understand, so they’re nice and short and don’t make my voice tired.  I only wish that this game retained some of the more common commands such as “look at,” which presumably a dog could still understand and do, but I guess if you’re a dog “sniff” would do just as well.  I shouldn’t be doing this now — I have homework — but I’ll report my progress later.